While not quite as dramatic as a phoenix rising from the ashes, one wild cat left researchers hopeful after an apparent return from the brink of extinction in Thailand, Smithsonian Magazine reported.

Critter spotters are feline good about this one. Biologists were flabbergasted when an elusive animal thought to be extinct was spotted in Thailand — a staggering 30 years after it was last spotted, ...

The endangered animal easy was spotted numerous times at Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary in southern Thailand Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A quiet comeback story is unfolding for the European wildcat in the Czech Republic’s Lusatian Mountains. Conservationists ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia’s “gentle and specialized creatures” were “unable to cope with changed conditions and introduced enemies”. The role of these “enemies” ...